Roger Federer

Roger Federer skipped the entire clay court swing of the season in 2017 in order to remain fit for the grass and hard court events later in the year.

Toni Nadal will step down from Rafael Nadal's coaching team when the season concludes after the ATP Finals in London next week.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's extraordinary year was unpredictable but it is also proof that great athletes shouldn't be questioned according to the latter's ex-coach.

Former world number one Pete Sampras believes only Novak Djokovic was capable of stopping Roger Federer from attaining Wimbledon glory earlier this year.

Nadal is keen to win the season-ending ATP Finals clash for the first time in his career but is aware that he could come up against Federer in the finals.

Pete Sampras has praised Roger Federer after the Swiss came back from a long injury layoff to have one of his most successful seasons in a decade.

Rafael Nadal is confident he will be fit in time to play in the ATP World Tour Finals, despite a recurrence of his long-standing knee issues.

Former world number one Mats Wilander believes Rafael Nadal is the only player 'hungrier' than Roger Federer as he details the changes the Spaniard has made in 2017.

Rafael Nadal has been given a clean bill of health going into the ATP Finals by coach Carlos Moya, who has backed him to challenge for the win.

Former British number one Tim Henman has offered Andy Murray advice for his game while praising Roger Federer after the duo played an exhibition match in Glasgow, Scotland.

Novak Djokovic called time on his 2017 season after retiring in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon and will return to action in 2018.

Former British number one Greg Rusedski believes Roger Federer's change in racket helped him compete with the likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

Draw for the season-ending 2017 ATP World Tour finals in London was delayed after Boris Becker was caught in traffic.

Nadal has had a fantastic year thus far, winning two Grand Slams after a long hiatus and was aiming to feature in the ATP Grand Tour finals in London.

Sampras was hoping that his record of 14 Grand Slam titles would last longer than the seven years it took Federer to eclipse his score.

The Swiss star also gave Murray a Tam o' shanter cap to wear before beating the local legend in the charity event.

Federer has urged Andy Murray to concentrate on getting fully fit before considering a return to competitive action.

Former British number one Annabel Croft believes Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's decisions to take time off in 2016 is now being emulated by other tennis players.

Federer went on to state that once he was done with tennis, he would make time to attend more FC Basel games.

Hamilton believes mental strength is key for athletes to fulfill their full potential and has cited Federer and Nadal as examples of players having strong mental power.

Former American number one James Blake finds it hard to envisage Roger Federer catching Jimmy Conors' record of 109 singles titles.

Federer and Andy Murray played a charity match for the Roger Federer Foundation's Match for Africa 3 earlier this year.

The Swiss revealed that he initially picked up a Wilson racket because of its looks and has persisted with them ever since.

Former British number one Greg Rusedski believes Roger Federer will not have any regrets about skipping the Rolex Paris Masters despite Rafael Nadal's recent withdrawal.

The 16-time Grand Slam winner had to withdraw from the Paris Masters after feeling a recurrence of the injury which put his participation in massive doubt.

Djokovic last featured competitively in his Wimbledon quarter-final clash with Tomas Berdych. The Serbian ace retired midway through the match due to an elbow injury.

Federer and Nadal took their tally to 19 and 16 men's singles Grand Slam titles in 2017 and are expected to add more in 2018.

Roger Federer decided the gap was too big to continue to fight Nadal for the world number one ranking before deciding to skip Paris to focus on the ATP Finals in London.

Rafael Nadal is not ready to take it easy in the final two events of the 2017 season in Paris and London despite securing his place as the year-end number one.

Roger Federer has had one his most successful season in a decade having won seven titles thus far in 2017.